VU — Vulnerable

Sri Lanka Highland Shrew

Suncus montanus

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC) via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_highland_shrew

01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Suncus

Sri Lanka Highland Shrew belongs to the family Soricidae, order Soricomorpha, within the Mammalia class.

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Sri Lanka Highland Shrew (Suncus montanus). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/sri-lanka-highland-shrew

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